Maine man charged with murder after shooting two, wounding one

BIDDEFORD -- Seventy-four year old James Pak has been charged with two counts of murder after killing two and wounding one of the tenants living inside an apartment he rented out in his home.

Police say 44-year-old Susan Johnson, who moved into the apartment at 17 Sokokis Road in October, reported the shootings around 7 p.m. on Saturday night. Two Biddeford police officers removed her and her six-year-old son, Brayden, from the apartment. Johnson is being treated for a gunshot wound at Maine Medical Center in Portland. Brayden was uninjured.

Pak killed Johnson's other son, 19-year-old Derrick Thompson and his 18-year-old girlfriend, Alivia Welch. He is at the York County Jail in Alfred and will appear in court on Monday or Wednesday, according to a public statement.According to police, Pak surrendered following the standoff after talking to police negotiators from Biddeford and State Police Tactical Team just before 10 p.m.

The apartment is an addition onto a Cape Cod style home that Pak lives in, according to police. Police will continue to investigate the shootings on Sunday. Detectives are investigating whether the shootings are connected to a landlord-tenant dispute.

The bodies of Thompson and Welch were transported to the State Medical Examiner's Office in Augusta on Sunday morning where autopsies will begin in the afternoon.